Eskie Rescuers United

Rainee
I'll say goodnight to my best friend, my best girl, one last time today. Since August 29, 2015 Rainee has never left my side. I'll be with her until the end when a huge part of my heart goes with her. ……..Denise Barker, February 21, 2023

Kasper
Our Kasper went over the rainbow bridge last Monday. We are hurting. We loved him so much! Before when a vet suggested we euthanize him since he was a “dangerous dog”, I pleaded we try medication for his seizures. His personality mellowed on phenobarbital and he loved life and played again. Last week while we were away, he got lethargic, wouldn’t eat or act normal. We thought a slight increase in dosage caused issues. This question prompted the vet to do bloodwork and he believed Kasper had hemolytic anemia. Unknown causes. We sought information on a transfusion and got a ticket for 5200 dollars, no probabilities on success, just talk of surgeries while we were watching Kasper’s breathing get more shallow. We were upset due to his levels being deadly and they had no urgency. Greg said to take him home to be comfortable but I told him the most humane thing was to say goodbye so he wouldn’t struggle. He got so weak. We both still hurt. Our other 2 Eskies know he isn’t around. We loved him so much! 6 years wasn’t enough but we were blessed he was part of our family! Deb Yevtick, November 21, 2022

China
One of my favorite foster dogs China passed today. China and her sister India were older dogs and came to us in terrible shape from being flea ridden and kept in cages in a hot garage and barely fed. We nurtured them back to health over several months and adopted them out. Kathleen and AJ who were looking for one dog but after seeing them together took them both. They gave China a great life and still loving India. We are grateful for them for the love they gave China and for telling us the news. RIP China…….Glen Ritter, August 29, 2022

Ben
It is with great sadness that I have to tell you Ben of Florida passed away yesterday. We adopted our sweet loving boy on August 1st 2010. Last week we noticed he started drinking more water than usual. We took him to our Vet first thing Friday. They did a few tests and his blood work showed some really bad signs. They then sent us to a higher level animal hospital that morning that was better equipped to diagnose his issues. Large masses of cancer were found in his spleen, liver, pancreas and kidney. His red blood cell count was so low that he even had internal bleeding. The week before, Ben was still going on his mile a day walks. He loved walking the neighborhood. Everything happened so fast. We are devastated. We had scheduled laps of love(a Tampa Hospice service) to come to the house Sunday Morning. He passed before they arrived. We were all there loving on him right to the end. His Eskie sister was by his side too. He rescued me. I miss him so much. I cant wait to see him at the rainbow bridge………Mike Komar, February 7, 2022

Basil
More sadness. Basil came to us from ERU in the summer of 2019. He was a senior eskie then and apparently had lived in several different areas of the country. He wasn't being adopted. We took over fostering him after meeting up halfway with Arlene Young. Before we adopted him, he was taken care of by ERU for a protruding rectal lesion. I drove him to the other side of FL for his surgery and brought him home afterwards. This lesion was to be his final undoing as it sadly returned and he was having difficulty defecating, especially trying to stand up on his arthritic legs. The vet said it was his time. We helped him pass peacefully and I stayed with him until he was gone. This is a photo of him when we first fostered him. Arlene's mother made this comforter for him and he slept on it every day!…..Lori Conway, November 5, 2021